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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Follow Me To Work - LA

Last August, while I was in New York, this post invited you to discover my itinerary to work. I'm in Los Angeles now and last week, I worked in Hollywood. Of course, in LA it's all about driving. Follow me!When I get off the freeway, I love glimpsing at Dorca's - this tailor used the outside walls of her shop as an advertising billboard, with figures in a compellingly naive style. The other wall is all in Spanish, and prominently offers quiceañera gowns, to be worn to girls' lavish 15th birthday parties.

Los Angeles is a super multicultural city. After passing by the Latino tailor place, I stop at Sunset and La Brea for a Middle Eastern treat - Mashti Malone's ice creams in flavors such as rose water, saffron and (my favorite) orange blossom with pistachios, are irresistible.

A few blocks down, when I drive past the crazy Chinese theater, I know I almost reached my destination. While the tailor place and the ice-cream parlor are the real thing, the Chinese theater is gloriously fake, a crazy take on an imaginary Oriental style.And for a good laugh on the way, there's always the "Let,s Relax" sign put up by someone who is obviously very confused about spelling and punctuation - who doesn't love a great typo?

At my desk - out of my Sesame Street tote come stumbling out a notepad I adorned with Ingres's superb portrait of Madame d'Haussonville, sharp pencils and, of course, an apple.

It's lovely to get a glimpse into your daily life - thanks! Mine is far less photogenic I'm afraid, especially the building where I work which is really ugly. I saw an exhibition of Ingres' portraits a while back - what a genius!

I enjoyed my journey! So colorful. I love the ice cream flavors, too. We have some places here that do the same. I love typos & also "collect" them...Also funny or just "off" signs. My friends & family took to taking snaps when they saw them. I'll have to find them. One of my favorites (that I took) is "Used books. Non-existent books."

GIULIA - oh you MUST share you collection of typos!I love your "non-existent books" sign. Seriously, that is one place I'd like to check out; it sounds very Alice In Wonderland, no?By the way, I bet Giulia Gattina's typing and spelling skills are flawless.

Lovely photos!!! I have been to LA for a couple of times. When everytime I go there, I always think that I should get US driver license... I won't be able to survive without it if I live there...haha..

About Giulia Gattina's typing & proof-reading skills. Probably they would be excellent, but I'll never know. She hides her thumbs to get out of any & all work. So she's not going to let anyone know she reads English (or anything else).

About the non-existent books...yes, it is very Alice. And perfect for this town, too. Off to Rally for Sanity and/or Fear. And many laughs I imagine. DC is a mass of more visitors than usual with about 4 big events on this weekend. The mixing & mingling is amusing, too.